Iran and Syria get chummy (er)

Do you remember during the invasion of Iraq assertions were made that Syria might have received and been hiding Iraqi WMD program components and supplies? Nobody would be shocked if that were true but apparently protecting its neighbors WMD stockpiles is Syrian national policy now. I'm not sure what they are smoking in Syria (hash, I'd guess,) but why on earth would you want to give the US a reason to start lobbing JDAMs in your direction? G. Bush and Co. have been mightily frosted about Syria's continued support of the Iraqi insurgency and the UN continues to be pissed about the Hariri assassination. A wonderful convergence of US and UN irritation is building. Iran has also offered sanctuary for suspects in the assassination if indicted. The whole pledging of mutual military assistance thing is just acknowledgment of reality I suppose. If the US decides to assist Israel in the "downsizing" of the Iranian Manhattan Project, its already understood by Israel that Syria will probably retaliate militarily. I would expect Washington to offer military assistance as long as significant numbers of troops were unlikely to be involved. Logistics, intelligence, air defense, and air power would likely be key elements of that support. The new year is shaping up to be "interesting times."